[EATON] Dorothy[1]

Female - 1624


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  • Name [EATON] Dorothy 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 15CB1CA3DC412A4E80C6F5347303D267528D 
    Death PROB 1624  Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Francis Eaton received four acres under the "Mayflower" heading in the 1623 Division of Land: one for himself, one for his wife Sarah, and one for his son Samuel. But what about the fourth acre?

      William Bradford recorded in John Carver's family that Carver had brought a maidservant, but does not name her. Bradford later writes "His maid servant married, and dyed a year or two after here in this place". Her name, and her husband were not mentioned. Carver's maidservant was the only female passenger who could have possibly married Francis Eaton, and it was her acre that explains why Francis Eaton had four acres in the 1623 Division of Land.

      Charles Edward Banks discovered a document in England, dated 1626, that mentions Francis Eaton, carpenter, and his wife Dorothy, in New England. In 1997, Neil. D. Thompson, FASG, was able to document that the Francis Eaton mentioned in this document was the same Francis Eaton who came on the Mayflower. Since Francis' first wife was named Sarah, and his third wife was named Christian, we can therefore determine that Carver's maidservant, who heretofore has been without a name, was actually named Dorothy.
    Person ID I53317  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2015 

    Family EATON Francis,   b. Abt 1595, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 8 Nov 1633, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1622  Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F21157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] Internet Online Homepage, http://mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/Dorothy.php.

    2. [S6838] Book-Mayflower Families Vol. 09 Family of Francis Eaton, p.3.